When I was young, my grandmother had a copse of raspberry bushes. The fruit would grow so fat that the drupelets would bleed onto our fingers as we picked them. Grandma made lovely jams and syrups with the berries that ...
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All-Natural Treatments For ADHD
The CDC estimates that approximately 7.8 percent of Americans suffer from ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. There are different types of ADHD. The degree that it affects a child’s or adult’s life varies greatly dependent upon severity of symptoms as ...
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Of all the things you can use to start a fire, water would be the one that most people would say is impossible. After all, we use water to put out fires, so there really isn’t any way to start ...
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If you follow a lot of survival and self-defense articles, you are bound to see at least one or two on individual everyday carry. The same goes for those who watch the gun guys on YouTube. I’m not sure if ...
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A long time ago in Ireland there lived a man named Columba who loved books. —Jean Fritz, The Man Who Loved Books (1981) My son, I tell thee soothfastlie;/ No gift is like libertie;/ Then never live in slaverie. ...
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It’s almost June, and our greenhouse is exploding. Last fall we saved seeds from our heirloom flowers and veggies, started them in March, and now it’s time to transplant them from their home in the greenhouse to the raised beds ...
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Tomatoes often take the cake as being the easiest vegetables to grow, but some gardeners have found certain types of pepper plants are even easier. Green, yellow, red and even purple peppers can add tons of color, variety and spice ...
Read More »Court: You Can’t Always Shoot When Defending Your Home
Two new cases in Montana and Minnesota are testing the limits of the legal doctrine known as “stand your ground,” which gives broad discretion to individuals to defend themselves, even if the other person was not armed. In both cases, ...
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Do you talk on your cell phone more than 15 hours a month? If so, you might want to kick your cell phone habit to the curb. A new study published in the journal of British Occupational and Environmental Medicine ...
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Even though I’m not Korean, I grew up in a home that always had kimchi around. Which is not at all common for a Filipino household. But my mother happened to have a recipe of that favorite delicacy of our ...
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